| 24 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 27 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 36 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 63 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1355 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 33 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 46 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 21 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 27 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 27 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 88 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 511 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 7 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 106 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7473 | Morohashi |
| 7 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1389 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 105 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 110 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 126 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 15 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
小
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 小 【ショウ】 smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), elementary school, smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior, younger (of two people with the same name), junior, unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
- 小雨 【コサメ】 light rain, drizzle
- 微小 【ビショウ】 microscopic
- 中小 【チュウショウ】 small and medium
Kun reading compounds
- 小さい 【ちいさい】 small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
- 小さい頃 【ちいさいころ】 as a child, when one was a child
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いさら、 こう、 さざ、 しゃお、 ちいさ
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- poco
- pequeño
Portuguese
- Pequeno
- pouco
French
- petit
| 1141 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-1-2 | SKIP code |
| 9000.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c0f | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2082 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 巴人 【ハジン】 uneducated bumpkin, resident of ancient Sichuan
- 巴豆 【ハズ】 purging croton (Croton tiglium)
Kun reading compounds
- 巴 【ともえ】 tomoe, heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
- 巴蛾 【ともえが】 Indian owlet-moth (Spirama retorta)
- 卍巴 【まんじともえ】 (fighting) in a confused mass, (falling) in swirls, (falling) in whirls
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とも
- Korean:
- pa
Spanish
- remolino
Portuguese
French
| 263 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 97 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2061 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 4246 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2144 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2894 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 8745 | Morohashi |
| 3438 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1541 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2096 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2237 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 0a4.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 3-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 7771.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5df4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 旦過 【タンガ】 staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen Buddhism), itinerant priest's lodging, providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time
- 旦日 【タンジツ】 tomorrow, tomorrow morning
- 歳旦 【サイタン】 New Year's morning, morning of New Year's Day, New Year's Day
- 昧旦 【マイタン】 dawn, daybreak
- 旦那 【ダンナ】 master (of a house, shop, etc.), husband, sir, boss, master, governor, patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess, sugar daddy, alms, almsgiving, almsgiver
- 旦つく 【ダンツク】 husband
- 震旦 【シンタン】 (ancient) China
Readings
- Korean:
- dan
Spanish
- alba
- mañana
- amanecer
Portuguese
French
- aube
- point du jour
- aurore
| 1849 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2098 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1892 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 162 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2085 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2111 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3041 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1548 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2119 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 30 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13734 | Morohashi |
| 2389 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2411 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 30 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 30 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4c1.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 6010.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-22 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 65e6 | Unicode hex code |